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It is interesting how Waymo chose not to pursue charges in a few cases where they had footage of the assailant. They thought it would further antagonize people
by rdtsc 8y ago
It is interesting how Waymo chose not to pursue charges in a few cases where they had footage of the assailant. They thought it would further antagonize people in the community of making it an us vs them issue, with court cases, lawyers and publicity ensuing. But if charges are not pursued, it might also increase the attacks...
There are already road-rage issues between human drivers, as cars are perceived to dehumanize other side "me vs car". In this case this just gets amplified. A few tricks might help here, for example, making the car look less a "Waymo" car and just make it like a normal car. It might be hard to hide the camera and sensors completely. In that case maybe make a random logo, say Acme Surveyors, inc.
Another trick could be to have the test drivers pretend they are driving the car rather than sit and watch. They could keep their hands on the wheel and pretend to move it, so make it seem like they it's just a human driver.
- beisner 8y agoLetting a large number of attacks slide is probably worth a piece of the ~$1 trillion private and industrial transport market.
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- analog31 8y agoPerhaps more importantly, data from the car becomes evidence, leading to public scrutiny of how the cars operate. And a court case could raise the question: "Are these cars being operated legally?"
- cruella_deville 8y ago"It is interesting how Waymo chose not to pursue charges in a few cases where they had footage of the assailant" ...this is like a victim of a home invasion telling the cops that its ok nothings wrong, because if the cops dig deeper they will find the depths of depravity. Does any one here know the full extent of data collection that waymo uses? does google know for sure that there are no backdoors in hardware or code? DOES anyone know what is being hidden from scrutiny?
- sn41 8y agoI don't know why you are being downvoted.
- Luc 8y agoSay there's a community (or demographic, whatever) that feels wronged by what a company is doing. You suggest the company use all kinds of deceit against that community to keep doing what it's doing. To me that sounds like a pretty good way to get the opposite effect: more support for those opposed to the company.
- rdtsc 8y ago> You suggest the company use all kinds of deceit against that community to keep doing what it's doing. Citizens attacking the cars with knives, blocking the intersection on purpose, trying to run them off the road is just unsafe and counter-productive. I don't see it a lot different than road rage. Is it ok to trick people to be less susceptible to road rage somehow. Or how about tricking delivery drivers into driving safer by putting one of those "how is my driving, call 1-800-xxx-xxxx" signs on the back of the car?